honk

IPA: hˈɑŋk

noun

  • The harsh note produced by a typical car horn.
  • The cry of a goose or similar bird.
  • (slang) A bad smell.
  • Clipping of honky. [(Canada, US, derogatory, ethnic slur) A white (Caucasian) person.]

verb

  • (transitive, intransitive) To use a car horn.
  • (intransitive) To make a loud, harsh sound like a car horn.
  • (intransitive) To make the vocal sound of a goose.
  • (slang) To vomit: regurgitate the contents of one's stomach.
  • (slang) To have a bad smell.
  • (informal) To squeeze playfully, usually a breast or nose.
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Examples of "honk" in Sentences

  • She stood on the street for what we call a honk and wave.
  • She listened, but she did not hear his _honk, honk, honk_!
  • * honk honk*. .and who the ***** invited the word "tween"!?
  • Kurt Vonnegut called it a "honk"; it was thought to be "British."
  • It gave a couple of shrill squeaks which were answered by a noncommittal "honk" from one of the adults.
  • _Honk, honk, honk_, cried the old Wild Goose, from the sheltered marsh where he did not know what was going on.
  • "He can hit his bird on the wing every time, and he can 'honk' so's to fool any goose alive, and find the best blinds of anybody 'longshore."
  • But his honk was the anomaly, "shave and a haircut" from his LTD about half a block away meant to let his wife know he was pulling into the driveway soon.
  • The cheese gives off the kind of honk that the cartoonists from the Beano indicate with wavy green lines, fainting dentists and gasping kids with pegs on their noses.

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